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<h3 class="heading3">Creating and Installing Free Self-signed SSL Certificate</h3>
<p class="bodytext">If you do not want to purchase SSL certificates, but still need to secure your site, you can create a self-signed certificate and install it on your web server. This will provide data encryption; however, your customers' browsers will show warning messages telling that your certificate is not issued by a recognized authority. Thus, using self-signed certificates is not recommended as it will not instill confidence in customers, and is likely to adversely affect your online sales.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To secure your site with a self-signed SSL certificate:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">On your Home page, click the domain name you need.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <strong class="specialbold">Certificates</strong> in the <strong class="specialbold">Services</strong> group. A list of SSL certificates that you have in your repository will be displayed.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <strong class="specialbold">Add New Certificate</strong>.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Specify the certificate properties:<ul class="listbullet2"><li class="listbullet2">Certificate name. This will help you identify this certificate in the repository.</li><li class="listbullet2">Encryption level. Choose the encryption level of your SSL certificate. We recommend that you choose a value more than 1024 bit.</li><li class="listbullet2">Specify your location and organization name. The values you enter should not exceed the length of 64 symbols.</li><li class="listbullet2">Specify the domain name for which you wish to generate an SSL certificate. For example: www.your-domain.com.</li><li class="listbullet2">Enter the domain owner's e-mail address.</li></ul></li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Click <strong class="specialbold">Self-Signed</strong>. Your certificate will be generated and stored in the repository.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Return to your domain's administration screen (<strong class="specialbold">Home </strong>&gt;<strong class="specialbold"> domain name</strong>) and click <strong class="specialbold">Setup</strong> in the <strong class="specialbold">Hosting</strong> group.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the self-signed SSL certificate from the <strong class="specialbold">Certificate</strong> drop-down box. <p class="listcontinue">If there is no <strong class="specialbold">Certificate</strong> drop-down box on the screen, this means that you are on a shared hosting account; therefore, you need to upgrade your hosting package and purchase a dedicated IP address from your hosting provider.</p>
</li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Select the <strong class="specialbold">SSL support</strong> check box and click <strong class="specialbold">OK</strong>.</li></ol><p class="bodytext"></p>


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